v0.1.5 phylist w.r.t Issue #17

CHANGES

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ v 0.1.5 Begin STA associated functionality
    - link
    - stainfo
    - devset
+   - phylist
   o updated nested netlink attribute handling - my understanding of it was incomplete
    - There are still occasional errors
    - nested attributes are parsed as 'far' as possible
@@ -142,4 +143,5 @@ v 0.1.5 Begin STA associated functionality
    testing confirms that the new nla_parse_nested is bug-free)
   o fixed error on devadd during restoration in examples/pentest.py
   o fixed output error, incorrect labeling
-  o fixed output error ASW max tx power
+  o fixed output error ASW max tx power
+  o added phylist w.r.t issue #17

README.md

@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ False
 False
 >>> pyw.iswinterface('wlan0')
 True
+>>> pyw.phylist() # list all current phys (Note device ASW phy1)
+[(1,'phy1), (0, 'phy0')]
 >>> pyw.regget() # get the regulatory domain
 'US'
 >>> pyw.regset('BO') # set the regulatory domain

docs/PyRIC.tex

@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@ \subsection{Functions}
 \item winterfaces([iosock]): (iwconfig), type: ioctl, list wireless interfaces
 \item iswireless(dev,[iosock]): (iwconfig <dev>), type: ioctl, check dev is a 
 wireless interface
+\item phylist(): (iw phy | grep wiphy) type: N/A, list phy indexes and phy names 
+present on system
 \item regget([nlsock]: (iw reg get), type: netlink, get regulatory domain
 \item regset(rd,[nlsock]): (iw reg set <rd>), type: netlink, set regulatory domain 
 to rd

pyric/pyw.py

@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ def iswireless(dev, *argv):
         if e.errno == pyric.ENODEV or e.errno == pyric.EOPNOTSUPP: return False
         else: raise pyric.error(e.errno, e.strerror)
 
+def phylist():
+    """ :returns: a list of tuples t = (physical indexe, physical name) """
+    # we could walk the directory /sys/class/ieee80211 as well but we'll
+    # let rfkill do it (just in case the above path differs across distros or
+    # in future upgrades
+    phys = []
+    rfdevs = rfkill.rfkill_list()
+    for rfk in rfdevs:
+        if rfdevs[rfk]['type'] == 'wlan':
+            phys.append((int(rfk.split('phy')[1]),rfk))
+    return phys
+
 def regget(*argv):
     """
      gets the current regulatory domain (iw reg get)

pyric/utils/hardware.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
    software without specific prior written permission.
 
-Defines device hardware related functions: mac address, driver, chipset
+Defines device hardware related functions: mac address, driver, chipset etc
 
 """